Stellashare was created because there was a clear need for a simple and private photo (and video) sharing solution without the issues and ‘extras’ prevalent in all of the other social media and photo sharing platforms available today.

What makes Stellashare different is that it is…

It is private and invite only (with no public commentary or searching).

It is platform independent and only requires an email and cell phone number to start sharing.

It is not an app and doesn’t require any website visits.

It doesn’t have any advertising and never shares personal information.

It allows the sharers and the recipients to each customize their sharing experience.

For Members that only receive picture shares (and are not share group Owners), there are no fees. It’s always free to be a member of other’s share groups and view and/or contribute photo shares to their share groups.

For Members that want to be share group Owners so they can send pictures to their own personalized share groups, the fees are as follows:

First Share Group

$3.99 per month / $40.00 per year

Additional Share Group

$0.99 per month / $1.88 per year

Note: An owner’s First Share Group applies to the first share group created that is Active (or that is Archived if they do not have any Active share groups). For more information regarding share group types (e.g., Active, Archived, Closed), please see What do the different share group statuses or types mean (Active, Archived, Closed, Locked)?

Yes, you can purchase a year’s subscription for one share group as a gift. The gift recipient can be:

A new user to Stellashare,

An existing Stellashare Member (who currently receives picture shares but does not share pictures), or

An existing Stellashare Owner who is already sharing pictures and videos via Stellashare.

For new or existing Stellashare Members, they will use the gift code to get their first year for free. For existing Stellashare Owners, they will be able to use their gift code to get an additional year of sharing for free.

To purchase a gift, simply go to Sign Up and click on Start Now under the Owner Yearly plan and then see the Click Here link next to the ‘Would you like to give Stellashare as a gift?

Once you enter your information and your gift recipient’s information, you will receive an email receipt confirming your gift and your gift recipient will receive an email from Stellashare with a gift code that they may use at any time. Yay!

There is no limit to the number of pictures that can be stored per se; however, each share group has 4GB of storage allotted. If your share is nearing its storage limit (given the number and size of the pictures and videos posted), you will be given a message alerting you and listing the options available to you (see below).

Please note: if you have more than one active share group on your account, the storage limit applies across all share groups as a total. For example, if you have 3 active share groups, you have 12GB storage available for your share groups and you may choose to have one share group with 9GB and the others with a combined total less than 3GB.

If your share group gallery’s size reaches its storage space maximum (4GB for each paid share group), you will be charged an additional $0.99/month for an additional 4GB storage space allotment. You can delete some of your previously posted pictures or videos stored on one or more of your galleries at any time to reduce your storage size (less than 4GB per paid share group) and thus remove your additional storage space allotment charge for future billing.

If you choose to close your account, your pictures and videos will be permanently deleted from our servers.

If you would like to copy, move or download your pictures or videos before you close your account, you may choose to end (close) your share group(s) first. You will then have 14 days to view, copy, move, download or otherwise access the pictures and videos associated with your share group(s). After 14 days, they will be deleted. You can then close your account.

Yes, here are a few that we’ve noted – if you have any additional tips you’ve discovered, please let us know via our Contact Us form!

All of Stellashare picture shares received via text will come from one number (415-230-2797) regardless of the share group who is sending (they will have a share group label with any text added by the sender). Creating a Contact for your Feed allows you to easily label the Stellashare number in your Contacts.

Each share group owner is assigned a number to text their photos to for that share group. Try creating a Contact for your share group number and labeling with the name of your share group (e.g., ‘Stellashare share group Name’)

When accepting an invitation to join a Stellashare share group, consider setting your delivery preferences to receive text updates as well as weekly email updates. This allows you to receive photo shares as they are sent via text and then to see them in a weekly digest form via email.

If you would like to communicate with the share group Owner about a picture share, you may do either of the following:

Reply to the picture share email (goes directly to the share group Owner).

Add a comment to the picture in the online gallery (only visible to the share group Owner)

Note: you may not reply to any picture shares via text. The number used to send the picture shares is a general phone number used for all Stellashare sends and is not routable back to the share group Owner via SMS.

Share groups can have different statuses which can affect the functionality and price:

Active – used for sharing photos with share group Members and can be updated at any time

Archived – used to display the photo galleries that have been created and shared but are no longer updated. They are viewable by share group Members via logging into Stellashare.com

Closed –considered cancelled and the photo galleries will be deleted from Stellashare 14 days after the share group is closed

Locked –considered ‘frozen’ and are locked by Stellashare administrators due to an issue or concern with the account. They will be unlocked when the issue/concern is resolved. Questions re: locked accounts can be directed to Stellashare via the Contact Us form.

From the Dashboard, select the share group you want to invite people to join.

Click on Manage Members and then Invite New Member.

Add their email, First Name, Last Name and Invitation Message.

The invitation message is the text that will be included in the invitation email to the person you are adding to this group (i.e., inviting).

If you are adding multiple people that are already members of other share group’s you own, you can use the link at the top of the page.

You can also invite people to join your Share Group via your mobile phone –

The invitee must be a Contact on your phone

The Contact must contain an email address

You then can text the Contact to the Share Group number (you can find this number when viewing the Share Group’s Gallery online). For example: on an iPhone, go to Contacts, select the intended invitee, tap on Share Contact and then enter the Share Group number. Note: this still generates an email invite for the intended invitee.

You can add, update or remove any members from your group at any time

Added members will receive an invitation email

Updated members will receive a notification if you change their role from Member to Contributor (they will also be assigned their own number for texting photos)

If the people are already Members of other share groups you own, you can use the link at the top of the page to invite multiple people at once. See Do you have Members from your other share group(s) that you would like to invite to this share group? Yes.

If a user you invite to one of your share groups already has an account with Stellashare (either as a Member or an Owner), then Stellashare will update your share group member name with the name that user used when they created their account. Note: the uniqueness of a user is determined by the email used for their account (and your invite).

Once your share group is created, you can start sharing your photos via text or uploading them to the website:

Text: Once you have a photo you want to share, you text it to your share group Number and it will be sent to your share group members via the delivery mechanism they’ve chosen.

Upload: You can also choose to log in to Stellashare and upload a photo via the Add New Photo button on the Dashboard (you later select the applicable share group) or on the share group Gallery page.

We have several tips/suggestions for sharing your photos (see below). If you have any additional tips you’ve discovered, please let us know via our Contact Us form!

Once you create your share group on Stellashare and are assigned a share group phone number, add it to your Contacts on your phone so you can easily find it when texting photos to your share group (try labeling it ‘Stellashare Share Group Name’).

When texting your photos to your share group, if you want to include a caption, you will need to insert your caption text in the same text bubble as your picture for it to be included with your photo share.

You can text multiple photos in a single photo share when texting photos by simply selecting all the photos you would like to send at once and then sending them to your share group number. Any text you have included as a caption will appear once with the first photo in photo shares received via text and at the end of the photo display list in photo shares received via email.

When uploading your photo to your online gallery, you may see a ‘Cycling signal’ after you click on Upload. There is likely a network delay in uploading your photo or video and your photo/video should be visible momentarily.

When using a mobile phone versus a PC or tablet, the actions described here may be displayed differently. For example, when viewing a share group's Gallery page on a PC, you will see three buttons: Add New Post, Manage Members and Edit Group. When viewing a share group's Gallery page on a mobile device, you will see an Actions dropdown with the above noted actions listed for selection.

There are a couple known issues with Windows 10/Edge –

Skype tries to auto sync with the Share Group number even though it is not a Skype number

Sometimes a picture does not rotate on the upload Preview pane; however, it is resolved once it is uploaded (e.g., online gallery, picture shares via text or email)

If a user is experiencing issues with fields being erroneously pre-populated, it is most likely due to cached pages. This is a situation not unique to Stellashare and the common resolution is to try clearing the form history via the browser function.

If uploading a photo to the site from an Android, you will see a popup that displays a camera, camcorder, microphone/voice and docs. You must select docs and then select images to be able to upload a photo from your android phone. This is not a typical scenario in that you will most likely be texting your photo from your phone to your Stellashare share group number but just in case you were choosing to do an upload, we wanted to walk you through it.